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Step 14: Completed lamp with lights
Here is the completed lamp once I'd reassembled it on the 8" pipe stem. I was much happier...
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Step 3: Just some of the equipment used...
Step 13: Completed lamp (first try)
This was my first attempt at making the lamp. I'd used an 10" pipe for the lamp, and it...
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Step 11: Attaching more balls
After the first three balls are in place, I just kept adding balls, spacing the different sizes and...
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Step 7: Attaching 8" pipe, and threading in power cord
To assemble this part, I pushed the swag lamp power cord through the 8" pipe, and then attached...
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Step 6: Starting Assembly
I bought a Swag Lamp Kit (5) which included a 15' brass chain, and 16' power cord. The first four...
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Step 6: Starting Assembly, B
This is just a second view of the parts as I assembled the lamp.
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Step 8: Attach lighting
I then attached the socket candelabra to the end of the power cord, covered the leads with the...
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Step 9: The Completed assembly without grapes
Here is the completed lamp without grapes, so you see how it all goes together.
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Step 12: Midway in Assembly
Step 10: Attaching the first ball
To attach the balls, I pulled the power cord down to get some room for the first grapes. For the...
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Step 5: Getting ready to assemble
The first few parts to hold the lamp together: (L to R) 1) 2" long galvanized pipe nipple...
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Step 4: Manzanita Branch
This is what I decided to use for the "vine" of the lamp: a branch of...
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Step 2: The restored set
These are all of the Lucite balls after I restored them: there are 12 large and 6 smaller orange...
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Step 1: Cleaning and Shining
When I originally got the 36 Lucite balls, they were beaten up, scuffed, dirty, and wrapped around a...
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2010 05 03 pic 01
A birthday gift from Mark to me. I'd never seen this shade of green, this cover design, OR this...
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Uploaded on May 4, 2010
2010 05 03 pic 02
A birthday gift from Mark to me. I'd never seen this shade of green, this cover design, OR this...
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Uploaded on May 4, 2010
